he had done manual therapy while i was doing rehab....and i had a few deep tissue massages in that time too. both helped out. but it kept coming back and coming back. so after he spent a week getting certified, he told me about it so i guinea pigged and it worked. the tools for astym are plastic...to be honest, the metal ones freaked me out a bit too. the chiro i used to go to is certified for graston...but $60 a pop, and no insurance coverage.....and the astym was covered...so i didn't pay much.

my pt still uses manual therapy....astym is just another tool in the toolbox.

it's a really interesting experience...hard to describe....you can feel it working, and you can see the blood immediately rise to those tissues. the only really weird feeling was on the SC joint...he picked around with the little tool...made some noise

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